Image Analysis and Recognition

Invited Papers.- DIAR: Advances in Degradation Modeling and Processing.- Analysis for Video Coding: Moving It from the Encoder to the Decoder.- Image Restoration and Enhancement.- A Fast Scheme for Multiscale Signal Denoising.- Color Scratches Removal Using Human Perception.- Self-similarity of Images in the Fourier Domain, with Applications to MRI.- A Simple Scaling Algorithm Based on Areas Pixels.- A New Method for Sharpening Color Images Using Fuzzy Approach.- Wavelet Noise Reduction Based on Energy Features.- Fast Exact Area Image Upsampling with Natural Biquadratic Histosplines.- A New Super-Resolution Algorithm Based on Areas Pixels and the Sampling Theorem of Papoulis.- Image and Video Segmentation.- Robust Segmentation Process to Detect Incidents on Highways.- Handling Topological Changes in the Topological Active Volumes Model.- Image Segmentation Via Iterative Histogram Thresholding and Morphological Features Analysis.- Vehicle Detection Based on Color and Edge Information.- A Neural Network Approach for Video Object Segmentation in Traffic Surveillance.- Non-linear Image Processing.- Color Photo Denoising Via Hue, Saturation and Intensity Diffusion.- Examining the Role of Scale in the Context of the Non-Local-Means Filter.- Geometrical Multiscale Noise Resistant Method of Edge Detection.- A Simple, General Model for the Affine Self-similarity of Images.- Image and Video Coding and Encryption.- Efficient Bit-Rate Estimation for Mode Decision of H.264/AVC.- Introducing a Two Dimensional Measure for Watermarking Capacity in Images.- Estimating the Detectability of Small Lesions in High Resolution MR Compressed Images.- JPEG Artifact Removal Using Error Distributions of Linear Coefficient Estimates.- Efficient Constrained Video Coding for Low Complexity Decoding.- Robust 3D Watermarking Technique Using Eigendecomposition and Nonnegative Matrix Factorization.- Indexing and Retrieval.- OntoAlbum: An Ontology Based Digital Photo Management System.- Weighted Fuzzy Feature Matching for Region-Based Medical Image Retrieval: Application to Cerebral Hemorrhage Computerized Tomography.- Video Retrieval Method Using Non-parametric Based Motion Classification.- Computer Vision.- A General Algorithm to Recover External Camera Parameters from Pairwise Camera Calibrations.- Auto Exposure Control for Multiple-Slope Cameras.- Recovery of Surface Normals and Reflectance from Different Lighting Conditions.- Real-Time Spherical Videos from a Fast Rotating Camera.- Near Real-Time 3D Reconstruction from InIm Video Stream.- A Simple Shadow Based Method for Camera Calibration.- Monocular Head Pose Estimation.- Active Exploration Using Bayesian Models for Multimodal Perception.- Performance Considerations for a Real-Time Integral Image Camera in Ray Tracing Environments.- Camera Location and Aperture Characterization Using the Transformation between a 2D Plane and the Image Captured by the Camera.- Optimization in 3D Scene Acquisition with Two Mobile Robots.- Feature Extraction and Classification.- Feature Extraction Using Low-Rank Approximations of the Kernel Matrix.- Minimizing the Imbalance Problem in Chromatographic Profile Classification with One-Class Classifiers.- Efficient Bisecting k-Medoids and Its Application in Gene Expression Analysis.- Feature Extraction for Regression Problems and an Example Application for Pose Estimation of a Face.- On the Performance of Stacked Generalization Classifiers.- Shape Representation and Matching.- Binary Image Registration Using Covariant Gaussian Densities.- Shape Matching Using a Novel Warping Distance Measure.- Shape Learning with Function-Described Graphs.- Mo Músaem Fíorúil: A Web-Based Search and Information Service for Museum Visitors.- A Template-Based Shape Representation Technique.- From 3D Discrete Surface Skeletons to Curve Skeletons.- Object Recognition.- Measuring Graph Similarity Using Spectral Geometry.- A Method for Blur and Affine Invariant Object Recognition Using Phase-Only Bispectrum.- An Algorithm for Binary Contour Objects Representation and Recognition.- Planar Shapes Descriptors Based on the Turning Angle Scalogram.- Character Recognition.- An Automatic Method for Video Character Segmentation.- A Database for Arabic Printed Character Recognition.- Persian Writer Identification Using Extended Gabor Filter.- Text Particles Multi-band Fusion for Robust Text Detection.- Finding Arbitrary Shaped Clusters for Character Recognition.- Texture and Motion Analysis.- Region and Graph-Based Motion Segmentation.- Rotationally Invariant Hashing of Median Binary Patterns for Texture Classification.- Is Dense Optic Flow Useful to Compute the Fundamental Matrix?.- Global Image Feature Extraction Using Slope Pattern Spectra.- Discovering Constrained Substructures in Bayesian Trees Using the E.M. Algorithm.- Generalized Least Squares-Based Parametric Motion Estimation Under Non-uniform Illumination Changes.- Comparison between 2D and 3D Local Binary Pattern Methods for Characterisation of Three-Dimensional Textures.- Texture Dissimilarity Measures for Background Change Detection.- Multi-resolution Texture Classification Based on Local Image Orientation.- Tracking.- Adaboost Video Tracking.- Image Based Visual Servoing: Estimated Image Jacobian by Using Fundamental Matrix VS Analytic Jacobian.- Homography-Based Tracking Control for Mobile Robots.- Real Time Eyes Tracking and Classification for Driver Fatigue Detection.- Biomedical Image Analysis.- A Hybrid Approach for Arabidopsis Root Cell Image Segmentation.- Fuzzy Local Binary Patterns for Ultrasound Texture Characterization.- Joint Detection of the Carotid Boundaries in Longitudinal B-Mode Images.- Automatic MRI Brain Segmentation with Combined Atlas-Based Classification and Level-Set Approach.- Automatic Detection of the Back Valley on Scoliotic Trunk Using Polygonal Surface Curvature.- Pharmacokinetic Perfusion Curves Estimation for Liver Tumor Diagnosis from DCE-MRI.- 3-D Deformation Guided On-Line Modification of Multi-leaf Collimators for Adaptive Radiation Therapy.- Optic Disc Segmentation by Means of GA-Optimized Topological Active Nets.- Automatic Individual Detection and Separation of Multiple Overlapped Nematode Worms Using Skeleton Analysis.- Classification and Quantification Based on Image Analysis for Sperm Samples with Uncertain Damaged/Intact Cell Proportions.- Detection of Clustered Microcalcifications with SUSAN Edge Detector, Adaptive Contrast Thresholding and Spatial Filters.- Subspace Vector Quantization and Markov Modeling for Cell Phase Classification.- A Stitching Algorithm for Automatic Registration of Digital Radiographs.- The Role of Entropy: Mammogram Analysis.- Biometrics.- An Enhanced Histogram Matching Approach Using the Retinal Filter’s Compression Function for Illumination Normalization in Face Recognition.- Replacement Algorithms for Fingerprint Template Update.- Optimal Features Subset Selection Using Genetic Algorithms for Iris Recognition.- A Modified Singular Point Detection Algorithm.- Fingerprint Image Postprocessing Using Windowing Technique.- Face Recognition.- Facial Gender Classification Using Shape from Shading and Weighted Principal Geodesic Analysis.- Optimization of Face Relevance Maps with Total Classification Error Minimization.- The Role of Face Parts in Gender Recognition.- Facial Shape Spaces from Surface Normals.- A Neural Network Based Cascaded Classifier for Face Detection in Color Images with Complex Background.- Kernel Weighted Scatter-Difference-Based Discriminant Analysis for Face Recognition.- Special Session: Recent Advances in Multimodal Biometric Systems.- Image Level Fusion Method for Multimodal 2D + 3D Face Recognition.- Human Lips as Emerging Biometrics Modality.- Quality-Based Score Normalization for Audiovisual Person Authentication.- Cell Phones Personal Authentication Systems Using Multimodal Biometrics.- Similarity Metrics Analysis for Feature Point Based Retinal Authentication.- A New Data Normalization Function for Multibiometric Contexts: A Case Study.- Applications.- Evolving Fuzzy Modeling of an Uncalibrated Visual Servoing System.- Alternative Methods for Counting Overlapping Grains in Digital Images.- Image Affine Inpainting.- Segmentation of Hyperspectral Images for the Detection of Rotten Mandarins.- FPGA Implementation of Parallel Alpha-Beta Associative Memories.- From Narrow to Broad Band Design and Selection in Hyperspectral Images.- Computer Vision and Classification Techniques on the Surface Finish Control in Machining Processes.- Improving the Border Detection and Image Enhancement Algorithms in Tableau.